This book on symmetric geometric patterns of Islamic art has educational, aesthetic, cultural and practical purposes. Its central purpose is to bring to the attention of the world in general, and the people of Islamic culture in particular, the potential of the art for providing a unified experience of science and art in the context of mathematical... more...

This encyclopedia contains trigonometric identity proofs for some three hundred identities. The book is presented in the form of mathematical games for the reader's enjoyment and includes a concordance of trigonometric identities, enabling easy reference. Trig or Treat is a must-have for:. • every student of trigonometry, to find the proofs... more...

Containing numerous exercises, illustrations, hints and solutions, presented in a lucid and thought-provoking style, this text provides a wide range of skills required in competitions such as the Mathematical Olympiad. With more than fifty problems in Euclidean geometry, it is ideal for Mathematical Olympiad training and also serves as a supplementary... more...

Originally published over a century ago, this work remains among the most useful and practical expositions of Fourier's series, and spherical, cylindrical, and ellipsoidal harmonics. The subsequent growth of science into a diverse range of specialties has enhanced the value of this classic, whose thorough, basic treatment presents material that is... more...

This book covers a wide range of topics, from orthogonal polynomials to wavelets. It contains several high-quality research papers by prominent experts exploring trends in function theory, orthogonal polynomials, Fourier series, approximation theory, theory of wavelets and applications. The book provides an up-to-date presentation of several important... more...

Positive and sum-of-squares polynomials have received a special interest in the latest decade, due to their connections with semidefinite programming. Thus, efficient optimization methods can be employed to solve diverse problems involving polynomials. This book gathers the main recent results on positive trigonometric polynomials within a unitary... more...

This volume will provide a welcome resource for teachers seeking an undergraduate text on advanced trigonometry, when few are readily available. Ideal for self-study, this text offers a clear, logical presentation of topics and an extensive selection of problems with answers. Contents include the properties of the triangle and the quadrilateral;... more...

DeMYSTiFieD is your solution for tricky subjects like trigonometry If you think a Cartesian coordinate is something from science fiction or a hyperbolic tangent is an extreme exaggeration, you need Trigonometry DeMYSTiFieD , Second Edition, to unravel this topic's fundamental concepts and theories at your own pace. This practical guide eases you... more...

Karl Gustafson is the creater of the theory of antieigenvalue analysis. Its applications spread through fields as diverse as numerical analysis, wavelets, statistics, quantum mechanics, and finance. Antieigenvalue analysis, with its operator trigonometry, is a unifying language which enables new and deeper geometrical understanding of essentially every... more...